Canada: General Synod management explains impact of 2010 budget to staff

Leigh Anne Williams
Staff writer
Nov 16, 2009

Following the Council of General Synod’s approval of the 2010 budget, which included a $450,000 reduction in operating costs, staff at the General Synod’s offices in Toronto met with management to hear about the impact, including staffing cuts.

Archbishop Fred Hiltz, primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, explained that costs such as meetings, travel and some programs have been reduced “across the board.” However, in order to meet the commitment of reducing the deficit to $500,000 in 2010, staffing cuts -- the equivalent of 6.5 full time positions – will also be made.

(The budget goal is to completely eliminate deficits by 2012. Last year, the management team, advised by the Financial Management and Development Committee, unveiled a plan to steadily reduce deficits to $800,000 in 2009, to $500,000 in 2010, to $100,000 in 2011, then down to zero in 2012.) the rest